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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Republicans are beginning to act as though Barack Obama isn't even the president — It's safe to say that no president in modern times has had his legitimacy questioned by the opposition party as much as Barack Obama. But as his term in office enters its final phase, Republicans are embarking …
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Outrage over GOP's letter to Iran — A letter from Senate Republicans to Iran about the pending nuclear deal undermines President Obama's authority to conduct foreign policy, the White House charged Monday. — White House press secretary Josh Earnest was unusually blunt in ripping the Senate GOP …
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Republicans Warn Iran — and Obama — That Deal Won't Last — A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won't last after Obama leaves office.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Faults G.O.P. Senators' Letter to Iran's Leaders — WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday sharply rebuked nearly four dozen Republican senators who sent a letter to Iranian leaders just as nuclear negotiations reach a pivotal moment, characterizing the correspondence …
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Jack Goldsmith / Lawfare:
The Error in the Senators' Letter to the Leaders of Iran — Please like our Facebook page and follow Lawfare on Twitter: — Josh Rogin reports that a “group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Sedition in the Name of Patriotism — On many occasions during the last few years, as I heard talk of secession and nullification, and of defiance of the courts, and of duly enacted statutes representing slavery and tyranny, and of Higher Laws and a Right to Revolution, and most recently …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A war of Obama's making
A war of Obama's making
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: GOP ‘empowering the ayatollahs’
Reid: GOP ‘empowering the ayatollahs’
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Republicans Warn Iran Against Nuclear Deal With Obama
Republicans Warn Iran Against Nuclear Deal With Obama
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Feds interviewed Harry Reid for Robert Menendez probe
Feds interviewed Harry Reid for Robert Menendez probe
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Republican Senators Write to Iran: Deal With Obama Can Be Revoked
Republican Senators Write to Iran: Deal With Obama Can Be Revoked
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Politico:
Hillary Clinton to address email controversy — Press conference likely, three sources close to the former secretary of state confirm. — Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon address the controversy over her use of a private email account at the State Department, and is likely to hold …
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Sarah Palin / Fox News:
Gov. Palin: I faced tough questions over email, so should Hillary Clinton — Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hands off her mobile phone after arriving to meet with Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Earnest: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton corresponded via her personal email
Earnest: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton corresponded via her personal email
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Walker Rips Clinton for ‘Audacity’ in Email Scandal
Walker Rips Clinton for ‘Audacity’ in Email Scandal
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Exchanged E-Mail With Clinton on Her Personal Address
Obama Exchanged E-Mail With Clinton on Her Personal Address
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Does Hillary email flap mean trouble ahead for White House?
Does Hillary email flap mean trouble ahead for White House?
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Excited for Jeb and Hillary? Just Wait for Chelsea v. George P. — Americans always love dynasties and sequels. — The inevitability of another Bush vs. Clinton presidential campaign has dispirited many in the campaign press corps. For obvious reasons, the boys and girls on the bus prefer …
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Big 2016 Field Divides GOP
Poll Finds Big 2016 Field Divides GOP
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Jeb Bush calls net neutrality ‘craziest’ idea I've ever heard
Jeb Bush calls net neutrality ‘craziest’ idea I've ever heard
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Dan Pfeiffer's Exit Interview: How the White House Learned to Be Liberal — In an interview a few days before he resigned, he explained in unusually candid terms the administration’s thinking — and how the White House lost its illusions. — Shares
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obamacare premiums to significantly spike: CBO — Obamacare exchange customers could see a significant spike in their premiums over the next few years as insurers face pressures from both the government and the marketplace, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday in a new analysis finding Obamacare …
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CNN:
Okla. University disowns ‘disgraceful’ fraternity after racist chant — Story highlights — (CNN)Even with the national chapter shutting down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at Oklahoma University, the school president said the university's affiliation with the fraternity is permanently done …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
‘There Was No Crop’ of Selma Photograph — Many readers wrote to me over the weekend, upset that a front-page photo of President Obama and his family leading a commemorative march in Selma, Alabama did not include former president George W. Bush and his wife, Laura. The Bushes were also in the front line of marchers.
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court revives Notre Dame's Obamacare contraception objections — (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived the University of Notre Dame's religious objections to the requirement for contraception coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare law …
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Steve Mistler / Portland Press Herald Contributors:
Maine state Senator apologizes for Facebook post saying Obama's family tied to ISIS — State Sen. Michael Willette apologized Monday for sharing a Facebook post criticizing President Obama's handling of the terrorist group ISIS and suggesting that its members are family members of the president.
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Tony Cook / Indianapolis Star:
VA manager's email mocks veteran suicides — A manager at the Roudebush Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis appears to mock the mental health problems of returning combat veterans in an email to her employees. — The email obtained by The Indianapolis Star contains photographs …
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Far More Interest Among Republicans Than Democrats in Clinton Emails, Netanyahu — Liberal Democrats More Likely to Track Ferguson Report — From news about the economy to controversy over Hillary Clinton's emails and the trial of the Boston marathon bomber, no single story dominated the public's news interest last week.
Richard Kirsch / The Hill:
Why would Republicans go after children's health insurance? — With Republican presidential candidates trumpeting their concern about the struggles of working and middle-class families, why would congressional leadership undermine the wildly popular Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)?
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